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February Revolution
Feb Rev begins, Tsarist gov announces food shortage -
Womens's Day
Marchers gathered for International Women's Day are joined by striking workers and social insurgents -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
peace treaty tha was signed by the new government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers so that Russia was out of ww1 -
Start of RR
Russian Revolution started with the people of Russia revolting against the government. This started on February 23 for the Russians because they use the Julian Calendar -
Protesters Demand to Be Heard
Petrograd army was sent to fight off the revolt but were left unsteady when they couldnt stop the people -
Success of The Revolution
the Petrograd army lost against the revolutionaries after sending countless regimens, but the people stood their ground which resulted in the formation of the Petrograd Soviat -
Czar Nicholas II demise
Nicholas ll gave up his power and his son's as well -
Prime Minister Kerensky
Alexander Kerensky becomes prime minister of the Provisional Government -
Kornilov Affair
commander of the Russian Army, Lavr Kornilov failed a coup which is known as the Kornilov Affair -
Bolsheviks Control
Bolshevik Red Guards win control fo Moscow after a week of fighting -
October Revloution
revolutionaries led by Vladimir Lenin lead a coup against the Provisional government. After they formed a new government led by Lenin. -
Winter Palace Coup
Winter Palace taken by the Bolsheviks, Council of Peoples Commissars is in control of Russia -
New Government
new gov abolishes all Tsarists ranks, titles, and privileges -
Communist Party
Bolshevik Party changes name to Communist Party -
Moscow
Capital of Russia is changed from ST. Petersburg to Moscow -
Romanov Family Murdered
They were tricked and led to the cellar in the house the family was being kept to then have them executed by shooting them all -
Assasination Attempt
member of the Social Revolutionary party attempted to murder Lenin but he survived -
The Whites
Anti-Bolsheviks begin to orginize their own group against the Bolsheviks -
The Reds
Leon Trotsky began organizing the Reds army to fight The Whites -
Reds v.s. Whites
The reds and the Whites fought their own war for 3 years -
Reds Victory
Reds beat the Whites in 1920 which ends the war between the two -
Stalin
Stalin is appointed General Sectretary of Russia -
Lenin Retires
Lenin suffers his second stroke and decides to retire from his government position -
U.S.S.R
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is established -
Stalin Rises
Lenin dies, then Stalin takes over for him
